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DAVID HARPER HERSHBERGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1947 – January 10, 1968
Service recordDavid Harper Hershberger, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; eight of them were lost in Go Cong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 17
- RICHARD DANIEL DEVINE JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- HENRY JOHN DONESKISergeant · January 10, 1968
- SISIFO FALEAFINESergeant · January 10, 1968
- HERMAN RAY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 13
- LEE ROY BIRDENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 14
- WILLIAM BURR CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 15
- WILLIE JAMES COTTRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 16
- BOBBY DEAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 16
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER DAILYCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 16
- HENRY JOHN DONESKISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 17
- HERMAN RAY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 17
- GORDON L GOINSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 18
- ALEX JAMES HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 20
- ROBERT LEE HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 20
- ANTHONY JOSEPH LEDERERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 22
- ROBERT IRVIN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 23
- HARRY PRESTON MCFALLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 24
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BRIDGEFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 25
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · Panel 34E, Line 26
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 26
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.